Javascript regex - no white space at beginning + allow space in the middle

Question

I would like to have a regex which matches the string with NO whitespace(s) at the beginning. But the string containing whitespace(s) in the middle CAN match. So far i have

Answer 1

/^[^.\s]/

• try this instead it will not allow a user to enter character at first place
• ^ matches position just before the first character of the string
• . matches a single character. Does not matter what character it is, except newline
• \s is space